Covid-19: NHS facing exceptionally difficult winter - Chris Whitty

The NHS faces an 'exceptionally difficult' winter whether there is a Covid surge or not, England's chief medial officer Prof Chris Whitty says. GPs in England are being told to see more patients face-to-face as ministers unveil a £250m winter rescue package. But the doctors' union says the package shows 'a government out of touch with the scale of the crisis.' The British Medical Association adds doctors will be 'horrified' by the idea the plan will save them when it could 'sink the ship altogether'